Nature Chemical Biology’s focus on phase separation

Nature Chemical Biology

Prospering phase separation

• Cancer
• Neurodegeneration
• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

This Editorial introduces the Nature Chemical Biology focus on phase separation. Make sure to check out all the great articles in it with this Nat Chem Biol focus tag.

Nature Chemical Biology

Gathering on the cell surface

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

Here's the News & Views article on the recent Nat Chem Biol paper about phase separation and signaling on the cell surface.

Nature chemical biology

A brief guideline for studies of phase-separated biomolecular condensates

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature chemical biology

Molecular and environmental determinants of biomolecular condensate formation

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature chemical biology

Synthetic protein condensates for cellular and metabolic engineering

• Metabolism
• Methods
• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature chemical biology

Programming cell-surface signaling by phase-separation-controlled compartmentalization

• Methods
• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature chemical biology

Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature chemical biology

Targeting androgen receptor phase separation to overcome antiandrogen resistance

• Cancer
• Imaging
• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
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Nature Chemical Biology

Breaking apart condensates

• Cancer

Nature Chemical Biology

Flipping the switch

• Methods
• Physics of Condensates

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

Here's the News & Views article about the recent Nat Chem Biol paper demonstrating a new proteomic approach to identify the role of phorphorylation in condensates.

Nature chemical biology

Systematic discovery of biomolecular condensate-specific protein phosphorylation

• Methods
• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

For Beginners

Nature chemical biology

Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates

• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Nature Chemical Biology

Rolling the RBP snowballs

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

Here's the News & Views article about the recent paper in Nat Chem Biol about RBP phase separation and polymerase activities.

Nature chemical biology

Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
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Nature chemical biology

Mechanistic dissection of increased enzymatic rate in a phase-separated compartment

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Nature Chemical Biology

A new phase for enzyme kinetics

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

Here's the News & Views article about the recent paper in Nat Chem Biol about enzymes and phase separation.

Nature chemical biology

Biomolecular condensates amplify mRNA decapping by biasing enzyme conformation

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Nature chemical biology

NMR and EPR reveal a compaction of the RNA-binding protein FUS upon droplet formation

• Methods
• Neurodegeneration
• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Nature Chemical Biology

Redox control of flowering

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
• Transcription

Jill Bouchard

Editor in Chief, Condensates.com

Here's the News & Views article about the recent Nat Chem Biol paper about ROS phase separation and plant flowering.

Nature chemical biology

ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering

• Phase Separation
• Physics of Condensates
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